Striving towards asian literacy -Our Journey

Thomas Mitchell Primary School*Introduce structure of TMPS- location, size,

population, LOTE programs

focus points

1. Auditing the staff, curriculum and resources2. Developing an Asian Literate Plan (using the Asia Literate Rubric)3. Implementing the plan

How was the Studies Of Asia developed at TMPS?

Where are we now and how do we move forward?

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Staff Of Thomas Mitchell Primary School 2010

auditing the staffbackground of staff at TMPS (22 different nationalities- other groups consist of Greek, Chinese, Sri Lankan, Welsh...)enrolments matching staff to communityemployment???getting parents on side (and keeping them there)

auditing the curriculum1. Curriculum wasn’t relevant to the

community2. Aim - make it more relevant to Australia’s

position in the world and to our school community

3. Curriculum needs to provide students with an education for the future (global

education)4. Asian Literacy Rotations (whole school)5. Two languages - Indonesian & Mandarin

auditing the resources

1. Best Resource - Parents, Students & Teachers

2. Emphasis on a build up/collection of Asian Studies materials

3. Hanban4. Joy

Where are we at now?

Our progression as an Asia Literate SchoolOur on-going professional development as a whole staffPositive outcomes for our students

using the ‘asia literate schools guide to

recognition’ as an auditing tool

Policy & Leadership* SOA

(Studies Of Asia)

Committee

* School policy

acknowledges SOA

* Whole school

embraces diversity with

positive attitudes and

values

teacher capacityOur on-going professional development as a whole staff

- Raising awareness among staff- Selena Prior (International & Asian Studies PDs), Global Education Officer - Study tours around Asia **Eye-opener (11 staff)- Asia Education PDs - SOA grant- Read and discuss articles about SOA- See Asia in a different light- Visit/s - Indonesian teachers

Our Language Centre

student outcomesCatering to the broad needs of a complex and diverse communityBeyond Asian languages - Learning involves deep and rich learning tasks and intercultural understandings **Misconceptions about teaching Asian Literacy

Shaun Tan

*History*Interpretatio

ns*Media*Writers*Asian

Context

crisis = opportunity